Corset



April 20, 926.

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J. J; KISPERT CORSET Original Filed June 25 A ril 20, 1926.

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Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH J'. KISPERT, F BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO I. NEWMAN 8c SONS,

OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

Application filed June 25,1924, Serial To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. KIsrEnT, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Branford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, 0T which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets, and has for one of its objects to provide a garment of this character which may be adjusted to the height and figure of the wearer, or enlarged or decreased with in crease or decrease of the size of the wearer and without detaching any of the parts.

With these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then'specifically pointed out in theclaims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a pers ective proved corset applie v Figure 2 is a perspective view of one section of the improved corset, with the adjustable portion disconnected.

Figure 3 is a view similarto Figure with the adjustable portion connected.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are enlarged views of various forms of stay or rib couplings or fasteners.

Figures 7, 8 and 9 are perspective views of modified constructions of the improved device.

Figure 10 is a perspective detail, with the parts partly separated, to illustrate the construction of the stay supporting pockets;

The improved corset is formed generally of a right body portion, represented as a whole at 10, and a left body portion, represented as a whole at 11, the two port-ions being united at the backas by l'acings woven through eyelets, in the usual manner.

The body portions are constructed of'the usual fabric materials interspersed with stays of metal or the like indicated at 13, and with heavier marginal stays indicated at 14: and 15.

In the more sim le form of construction, the front parts oi the body portions are. shorter than the side and rear portions with j the marginal stays 15 at the front and anumber of intermediate stays 13 shorter than the remaining stays, as shown. By this 6 means a recess or cavity is formed in. the

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body portions atthe front of the garment.

'In the form shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 7, the cavity or recess is at the upper side of the garment, and in Figure 8 two of the cavities are shown, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Attached to the garment material at the vertical inner end of each cavity, as by stitches, 1G, is aweb 17 preferably of elastic material, which overlaps the lower edge of the cavity, as shown. The. web 17 may be of material other than elastic, if preferred.

Enclosed in the outer or free end of each of the webs 17 is a stay member of metal or the like, and indicated at 18, the stay member projecting at one end beyond the material of the web,.and formed in the material of the garment which encloses the shorter marginal stay adjacent to web are a plurality of small spaced pockets or sockets, indicated at 19, to alternately receive the projecting portion of the stay 18, By this means the outer or free end of the web 17 may be detachably coupled to the shorter front portion of the garment, and by providing a plurality of the pockets in spaced relation, the position of the web may be changed as required to adapt the garment to the'figure of the wearer, and likewise to adapt the garment to increases or decreases in the size of the wearer, by merely changing the projection of the stay member 18 from one o the pockets 19 to another, as will be obvious.

Under some circumstances it may be found of advantage to arrange the web 17 intermediate the front of the garment, as shown in Figure 9, and when thus arranged the web 17 will preferably be attached by lacing 2-0 as shown.

The modified structure shown in Figure 9 95 provides an efi'ectual abdominal support which may be adjusted as required.

The garment thus constructed may be adjusted as to height from under the arms to the front to correspond to'the figure of the 1 wearer, and without interfering with the correct contour of the upper line of the corset.

The pockets 19 are stitched in with the marginal stays 15, and do not detract either from the appearance of the corset, or add to its bulk. r

The stays 18 will preferably be of lighter steel or other material than the remaining stays, the lighter stays extending over the 19 for adjusting region of the diaphragm of the wearer and the steel is thereby prevented from pressing into the flesh of the wearer and gives entire freedom of movement of the muscles over the diaphragm.

The elastic webbing will stretch and the light steel ribs will bend when the wearer breathes, and thus adds to the comfort of the wearer. This is of great advantage to singers, athletes and certain classes of workers. a

The same structure may be employed in a reducing belt.

By this arrangement shown, the wearer can quickly adjust the corset to the height or girth, as required.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6 modifications in the adjustable coupling means between the body of the corset and the web 17 as shown, the marginal stay for the web 17 being represented at 21 and replacing the extended stay 18 as shown in Figures 2, 3, 8 and 9. In Figure 4 the marginal stay 15'of the corsetbody is provided with a longitudinal slot 22 and the member'21 provided with a headed pin 23 extending through the slot.

In Figure 5 a plurality of spaced apertures 24 are substituted for the slot 22, and a pin 23 provided with a snaphead like a glove fastener to lock the parts in adjusted position.

In Figure 6 the snap head devlce is replaced bated at 26.

In Figure 7 the improveddevice is shown ap lied to a conventional front lacing corset.

ne of the principal advantagespf a cor set thus constructed s that it provides means the front' stays or meeting edges as to length, and this change may be accomplished by the construction shown 1n Figures 1 'and 2, or' by the construction shown in Figures 4, 5 or 6.

each of said cavities,

The preferred embodiment of the inven- -tion-is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the $00 of the claimed 'inventionmay be made in fife construction without departing from the principle of the invention or. sacrificing an of its advantages. i Iavin thus described the invention, what is claime asnew is: v

K 1. A corset having a cavity in each of the confronting sides of the front portions, ,a-

web of fabric material to form a closure to a plurality of pockets the body of the corset,

in spaced relation in in the free end of the and a stay member to the body portion and by a split ring fastening device indi the front of the corset free end of one of said sections,

web with a projectingend to engage consecutively in said pockets.

2. A corset comprising a body portion, a web of elastic material attached at one end rovided with a stay member in the free end projecting beyond the web, and a plurality of pockets in the bodyopen at the top only to consecutively receive the projection of the stay member.

3. A corset having an upper and a lower cavity in eachbf, the confronting sides of the front portion, a section of fabric material forming a closure to each of said cavities, each of said sections being secured in place along one end, a stay member permanently mounted in the free end of each of said sections of fabric and extending from one edge thereof, and a stay receiving structure co-acting with said stay members for detachconnecting the free ends of said sections of fabric in operative position.

4. A. corset comprising a body portion, a Web of material attached at one end to the body portion, said web being formed in two sections withone end of each section connected to the body portion near the sides thereof, said webs forming part of the front of the corset, a stay member connected to the free ends of each of said sections and projecting therebeyond at right angles thereto, and pocket means co-acting with said stay members for varying the effective height of said webs.

5. A corset comprising a body portion, a pair of elastic web sections forming part of attached at one end to the respective sides of the body portion adjacent the' upper edge thereof, disengage able means for fastening the free ends together at the center of the front of the corset, a stiff member projecting laterally from the at the front of said corset for connecting said projection to said body portion.

6. A corset comprising a body portion, a web of elastic material attached at one end to the body portion near the side thereof, a comparatively stiff stay member in the free end of said web projecting beyond the web on one side thereof, said stay member being permanently connected to the web, and a plurality of pockets open at the top carried y the body portion at different heights for receiving the projecting stay member at different times whereby the effective height of said web is varied. y

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

J QSEPH J. KI-SPERT,

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